Tag: Shakespeare Theatre
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Henry IV, parts 1 and 2 (Shakespeare Theatre)
The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC has been putting on Henry IV, parts 1 and 2 these past few weeks. We took our kids to see both performances, and here are our collective family thoughts. For those unfamiliar with the plays, Henry IV has deposed (and probably killed) his cousin, Richard II and ascended the…
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Review: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
This Stephen Sondheim musical is currently playing at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC. We took the entire family to see it on Friday night, and it was enthusiastically endorsed by everyone (even the 12 year old boy who was definitely not enthusiastic about going). The humor is occasionally off-color, but most of the humor…
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William, Victor (sort of), Charles and Peter
This past holiday break has allowed us to do some things that we don’t normally have time to do (like seeing 3-hour movies, but I digress). There were several productions that we saw that we very much liked. The first is the Shakespeare Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Harman Hall stage resulted in a…
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
We went to see The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Shakespeare Theatre last night. It’s a curious play, as Shakespeare resurrected Sir John Falstaff from his Henry IV plays that take place in the 1400s and time-traveled him to the Elizabethan era in the 1600s. The Shakespeare Theatre production has the play set right…
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The Servant of Two Masters
We saw The Servant of Two Masters at the Shakespeare Theatre last weekend. The play is by Carlo Goldoni and is an example of Italian commedia dell’arte. It was an interesting play and certainly captured the attention of the audience, some of whom were laughing uproariously through the entire performance. I liked it but didn’t…
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Two Gentlemen of Verona
We saw Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Shakespeare Theatre in DC on Friday. We have been season ticket holders for over 10 years. Our philosophy on the Shakespeare Theatre season is that we go to the Shakespeare plays, but we are hit-and-miss on the non-Shakespeare plays. Plays by playwrights such as George Bernard Shaw…